Lorex 4K Security NVR : Would I Buy It Again??
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- This is a non sponsored real look at my Lorex 4K NVR home security solution 2 years later and if I would buy it again. I go through how it is working 2 years in, what I like, what I don't like, alternatives, and answers to some small questions I have received.
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I appreciate when people clearly state what needs improvement on a product. It's good for potential buyers as well as good info for the company that makes them.
Thanks for comment Bryant! appreciate you telling me what you liked about the video.
Do you have an opinion on how the hardware holds up to climate conditions such as direct sunlight, high heat, rain, high winds, etc?
@@RickvanderValk14 Great video! Have you purchased a new system since this great video? If so, what do you use now? Thank you. :)
Thanks Rick, it's been 4 years now, are you still happy with Lorax. I'm not really a tech guy, but I need to install some security. Are the new Lorax setups upgraded ? Have you looked at the new Costo Lorax setups ?
I just purchased Lorex 6 Camera 8 Channels from Cosco and your video encouraged me to go with brand and couple of reviews, your video is fantastic really likeit, thanks a lot.
Thanks for the feedback haus. I was pretty sure I'd pickup this system and this is the third video I watched on the subject and helped solidify my perspective. Cheers my man.
I got my Lorex 4K Ultra NVR system right before you posted your first video on you purchase of your system. Mine has worked flawless also. Thank you for the time you spend and the info you provided.
One of the best videos I have seen recently. Extremely informative:)
Looking at all these systems myself right now and this was perfect information. Thanks so much for the thoughtfulness and thoroughness.
Your welcome. Good Luck!
THanks Rick, very useful. I just had a car break in, and it was petty, but time to buy a good home security camera. Your review on Lorex 4K really helps, thanks!
You did a hell of a job on this video. you get 100 out of 100. thanks again.
I'm in the process of looking for a security video solution and am surprised that I'm now looking at NVR systems. I found your video/thoughts to be very insightful and helpful. Thank you.
Thank you for the video I think this is the most comprehensive video on yt about the lorex system.
Thanks for putting in the work! I will more confident in purchasing this system now. Cheers mate!
No problem 👍
So glad you did this tape. Something it can be confusing. I'm convinced. Thx
I have a Lorex system & just like my old system I always purchase a 6 - 8 TB harddrive & swap out for the larger drive. It gives me about a month and a half of saved footage. All in all the system is good for me. This review was great thanx.
Excellent video. Very informative. Looking at installing the Lorex NVR IP system.
Honest, with full detail review. Good job.
Thanks Rick for your feedback, I am a Lorex customer for a long time, I have a WiFi system installled almost eight years ago and still up & running no issues with an old app Lorex SD Pro. I recently got my Fusion NVR and connected my two Pan tilt cameras. So far so good with Wi-Fi cameras. I really like about Lorex is a customer service very responsive and always there to help. I would defenately recommend Lorex.
Very well thought out and nice review, thank you!
Lorex is really an outstanding system! Very nice quality!
This is a great review. Straight forward and informative. Good job. :)
Yeah I considered wireless cameras as well. However, the wireless cameras I tested only recorded 2 minutes at max and drained the battery real quick. Ended up getting the lorex so I can record 24/7. Your tutorial with the lorex software was really helpful!
How many days you can keep on the memory? Before it gets erase?
@@elbello1975 depends on how big your storage is and the number of cameras. But at least 10+ days for 4K 24/7 recording.
Not only that, but the amount of videos I've seen of people and company employees easily hacking and watching everything you do and say is terrifying.
Rick, thx for this video…. A breath of fresh air…what we consumers need !! Better the most of the reviews…uhh.. actually the new form of advertising, that you’re not sure to believe. Bravo
Great video and very helpful information... Well done!!
Hi Rick, very nice review. You covered all aspects and tell us very honestly about it. Love it. Subscribed ;)
Thanks dude really good review
Thanks for your instructive video which decided me to order my kit today. For an update about your video, now their Fusion system allow to combine POE and Wifi devices but this functionnality is only available on entry NVR recorders.
Great info! Thanks for sharing.
Very informative video, Rick. Thank you, sir.
Lorex has been good for me. I have had no system issues - no reboots needed. Granted I still don’t have my cameras mounted but I have one looking over my cats liter box and one in my indoor garden rack. Lawn guy said the window broke so I thankfully had cameras at the basement window and saw if it cracked or not. No issues with exporting video footage.
The only con I have is the lack of storing the video footage on a network share. I understand you can connect a usb drive and then storage it there but I want to offload it to a network drive.
I too bought the Arlo and returned it for the same reasons as you stated, bought the Lorex but the feature I liked about the Arlo is " Geo Fencing " whereas the notifications are shut off when you are connected to wifi. Which is nice because you don't have to remember to turn them on when leaving home.
What a fantastic review. Many thanks.
GREAT EDUCATIONAL VIDEO! Thanks so much for taking the time to do this video, we are looking at a LOREX dome camera system for our home Sir do You have any experience with them, once again many thanks for sharing your experience with LOREX and most of all PLEASE stay healthy and safe up there!
Love that Focus in the driveway!!!
thanks for sharing!!! Lorex did a commercial during me watching your video. Hope they contacted you and sponsor you in the future.
Very helpful... I'm feeling good about the system.
Excellent video, thank you so much for doing it.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Nice Vid thanks. Going to check out your others for sure. I am new to Lorex. Got my bundle at Costco too. 18 channels with 8 wired cams. Have added 3 additional and my first PTZ cam. You hit the head on the nail about the OS. I find it very difficult to navigate the UI to adjust the system. Hoping you have some vids on that topic.
I do go through the menus in some of my videos hope that helps
Thank you. Blessings for your family.
2 thumbs up, great info. After watching this, I will be buying the Lorex NVR system. Thanks!
Hi Rick, you said everything. Great advice for new users. I work with Lorex for over 8yrs. Just one tip for system IP 4k I use Amcrest cameras. It work great with Lorex, and customers happy. Better zoom, better fish eye, and everyone with better microphone.
interesting ;)
That's good to know thanks, I'm about to get an 8 ch 4 cam IP Lorex. I liked my old one off Amcrest.
I could never get my wireless doorbell to work :(
I'm just building my new home and I am going to purchase a lorex camara system for the third time. I bought my first system from lorex in 2016 and after hurricane Maria I was living in Puerto Rico and some of the cameras got damage. I went and purchase a new system for the second time. It's working very well. I am very happy with this product. I sold my house and I am getting my third system from lorex. My wife and I Love the system. It's easy to use and the service is great.
Good video, will surely look into your Lorex reviews and will help answer some questions on the comments section 😁
this system has / comes .. with two way talk? sound thanks
Thanks for the great video! 👍
The biggest and best think about Lorex is that their system works both backward and forward. Meaning the tech can be older or new and Lorex has your back. If you have the BNC cable of the system, you can add wireless
Great video, very informative, looking to get a system this may be the one. Have to say, the segment where you talk about the bus, the car getting sprayed by the bird that flew by was just too funny! Not sure if anyone else noticed 😂 great content!!
Beautiful review 🙏
Very well explained! Thank you
Good work! Never seen any reviews on Lorex systems.. would be nice
This is exactly what I needed thank you.
Glad it helped!
A police detective of 30 years said, having cameras, and having “camera signs “ is 50% of theft deterrent . 💯💯💯💯
Great name, great video, great information!
Very useful advice thanks a lot
This is a well made video by an excellent speaker. Rick does not bore and is refreshingly succinct in his dissertation. No dead air space or vanity; and no arrogance! Rick is straight to the point!
I just had a six cam Lorex system professionally installed for $1400; system cost $400 at Costco. I am not at all pleased with it, but I have only had it a week and maybe I don’t understand how it works yet. Have not read instructions or called Lorex, but thought the installer would have been more helpful to teach me the ropes.
I dislike the cams.there are lights only on some cams, but they are worthless anyway, and no voice. Cams are grainy. . Every cam must load Every time I want to see it. Videos are jerky. You could never make out detail. I really hate this system.
It freezes up my phone at times- so if I saw someone in the yard I couldn’t call the cops anyway! Uggh!
thank you for the nice comment, sorry your having some issues with your system, call Lorex make sure you are setup properly, maybe some settings are not good yet. What system model did you get?
Very informative thank you!
Great video, to the point, not a lot of unneeded chatter. I was looking to buy to replace my current 1080p system and this helped seal the deal.
Glad I could help hope you did and like your new one
Ive got a 16 ch system from lorex. Ive had it for 2+ years.. You can add wireless cameras to this system through your network / wifi router. So in my instance I didn't want to run a bunch of wires all over the yard from the front yard to the back yard.(my old flooded house is in the front yard my RV I live in is in the back yard) so I purchased a unmanaged poe switch since it was 1/2 to a 1/3 of the price of a managed switch. The 7 cameras there are connected to that poe network switch that switch it connected to my RV about 200 ft away with a nice heavy duty uv protected cat 6 cable to my wifi router in the RV I then have a few cameras mounted around my RV and 1 wireless camera at the back gate. Now on a fresh boot/restart yes the cameras plugged directly into the NVR (Network Video Recorder) do pop up quickly the others can be slightly sluggish to pop up on the screen but as far as real time video and quality there's no difference either way they they are hooked up. Yes I too have caught many people with my cameras from neighbors trying to take my dog the kids playing outside crazy family members coming over while I'm gone looking through my stuff and taking it. Had 1 guy try to destroy a camera unsuccessfully he just broke the wire and then come driving by hours later when I was outside with my local PD making the report needless to say BUSTED. Lol The PD sped off after him and he was caught. Ive also caught some beautiful humming birds mid flight checking out the camera to see what it was. I love the camera system the only 3 major cons I have about the lorex system is the setup/menus is not very user-friendly for novice users. The ai (artificial intelligence) that is suppose to pick up or detect people and vehicles for alerts is not that great. It alerts me there is a person in front of ???? Camera when in fact its a dog or other animals and last thing is on video play back. I have used different systems in the past including commercial once with previous employers and you can't quickly scroll through the video. Like other systems ive used you can roll the wheel on the mouse and it will scroll through frame by frame as fast or slow as you spin the wheel and as far as hitting fast forward you sometimes get decoding error messages where the unit is not able to process the video fast enough to match as fast as your trying to play it and so therefore it through up that message. Well there is a 4th con im sorry but lights like headlights and lightning set off the motion detection at night and sometimes the lightning causes the camera system or app to take random snap shots like it was a flash from a camera taking a picture. Besides all of that its an awesome system thats been very reliable. Arlo had the best ai ive seen on the market it detects people animals packages and vehicles its just the cost of the system the monthly service fees swapping out batteries cause its a wireless system no true on-site recording beside a thumb drive and internet is required for playback unless you remove and place the thumb drive or USB flash drive into a computer etc its just a huge expensive headache stick to the lorex system you will be pleased.
Very informative. Thanks i may consider the same
I think one of the best security system that checks my list
I am in the beginning stages of researching an outdoor camera security. I am currently using ADT and I believe that the DIY security systems could be better. Thank you for such a clear and relevant explanation. I'd like to do a wired system but I just don't think we could manage the install on that. Yet, I'll check it out. Thanks again.
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Yes this is better then ADT.
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I had a lorex like 5 years ago. It had 4 cameras a display cheap tablet. It a was great because no subscription because the storage was on the tablet. Switched to Arlo before their subscription base program really liked it but it’s getting time switch and looking into wired with send more efficient.
I appreciate the timing that flock of birds had to lay down carpet bombing raid as it was being filmed. AND the accuracy was impeccable.
Great video thanks for the info
Great camera & Floodlight Combo
You can change the lenses on all these lorex / dahua / hik cameras and get any zoom you want. It's all based on field of view. The default lens on a bullet cam is like 2.8mm. Takes 10 minutes or less to replace it with a narrower field of view (closer zoon). Maybe a couple screws to undo, remove old lens -- usually threadlockered in -- screw in new lens while it's hooked up and make sure it's focused. Then reassemble. New lense will run you
where do you get the lens you are talking about
Yeah where can you buy these?
What are the name of these lenses and do you have a link?
where can you buy these?
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I use mine to monitor lawn conditions while at work. I'm even thinking of buying a few more cameras just for that. Worked great also for catching a hit and run driver who hit a car parked in front of my home. I was able to use the camera footage....and audio....to trace where the driver went. The next day we found his car parked a few blocks down....got pictures of the his license, the damage on his car, and called the police who watched the footage and immediately investigated the person and cited him for hit and run. Without the footage we would have had no idea what car to look for.
Your comment about your lawn made me laugh. I look at mine all the time too hahaha.
they do offer, actually have for a while, varifocal kit. if you're looking to grab license plates a specific camera will be needed and the angle/distance is important. if you're playing back 4 screens of 4K RESOLUTION yes it will take up resources.
Looks like Lorex listened to you and other customers on needs as their fusion line appears to offer the mix of wired and wifi. Looking into security for my house upgrading from Wireless based yearly paid services for cameras that you can't see diddly and don't really get the job done when you need them to. Great video. Will watch your other on the installation. Perhaps it's something I can do myself and not have to call the electrician. Thanks again!
I appreciate you reviewing this camera. Can you give some inside on the quality of sounds from recordings? Does it tend to cut out? Do other sounds mask people talking? Is there a way to improve recorded sound quality?
My system is Lorex too bc true, in Canada you need a -40 capability 😁.I got a 8 cams bundle but now I realized there were too many cameras of same kind , 4 are still brand new in the box.Now I ordered a deterrence cam and 2 wire free ( on a far end if property ). So 3 extra cams.
If I have to advise somebody I would say get a bundle with only 4 cams and after you have used it for a while you see what other type of cams you need to add . And if course make sure yhey are compatible with your dvr/nvr.
Thanks for the great review. Them damn birds letting loose on your car at 9:10 😂
Hi Rick! You said just about everything I have been thinking about my lorex system. I bought mine thru Amazon with 6 cameras and I just added 2 more. So far I have caught 2 coyotes eating my neighbors cat (sad), a catalytic converter thief (driving a newer mercedes, believe it or not) and a drive by shooter from around the corner. Unfortunately because it was 1130 at night, all I could see of the shooters car was a red blur as he was flying past my house. When you have cameras the neighbors knock on the door asking if I saw anything. Then the police knocked on my door asking about the shooter. I also have ezviz wireless cameras as well as a wireless reolink that I mounted to a street sign hoping to catch license plates. The lorex system is the most reliable, the wireless systems are easier to place, but are prone to drop out or are late in activating. Anyone who would ask me what I would recommend, the lorex system would be my first response. Followed by, "get a doorbell camera." Most people don't look up at your cameras, but they all look down at the doorbell camera. Thanks for the video!
Thank you for your extremely informative comment , I’ll go ahead and buy this at Costco that’s on sale now 10/23/21 for $679 here in California
@@guadalupeceballos8176 You are welcome. Don't forget to purchase a doorbell camera. That camera will get a perfect picture of who is in front of your door and will get a picture of any package thieves. Burglars will also knock on your door to see if anyone is home and then break in thru the back of your house. A wired doorbell camera is always ON. A battery powered doorbell camera will take a second to turn on. By that time the thief has your package and you will only have a picture of the back of their head. Thanks!
What doorbell camera you recommend?
@@QuincyKintay Hi. I use a Ezviz DB1 system. There are a dozen reviews of different models. Each will have their strengths and weaknesses. If your door is facing south, the camera could be blinded by the sun. If it is in a dark area and there is too much sun behind the person, you won't get a clear picture of the person. Take your time before choosing and look at the reviews. Hope that helps.
Was the lorex camera the one that showed the red car driving by and you were not able to identify the car?
An external speaker, mic combo would make a great option if they set it up for certain outdoor cameras.
Very good information...
You can already cast to TV with Lorex or any other cam system with HDMI output as there are lots of HDMI transmitters and receivers. This tech has been around for several years already. You can usually pick up a transmitter and receiver set for about $30, but if you are already using the one HDMI line to a monitor somewhere, you will need an HDMI splitter as well to add more HDMI outs.
Great information, thank you Rick.
This podcaster's oral communication skills are excellent. He really knows how to use podcast time effectively without all the antics and multimedia distractions that other podcasters attempt. Because he knows that we are here to learn. We are not here to be entertained. And this podcaster understand that about his audience (me) better than any other podcaster.
Very well thought out video.
Lots of consideration put into it and makes me think about how I should install mine.
thank you
@@RickvanderValk14 do you still talk Dutch?
Hey, I appreciate the making this video. I purchased one of the same systems with 9 Cameras almost a year ago and just now I will install it. One thing for sure is that I will not buy wireless wen it comes to security! Why? Wireless is unreliable vs wired. I as a videographer u zest and perfectly the pro and cons of wireless. However, I will be filming the installation from start to finish and upload the video. I have my stepson helping me.inly to fish the wires. Talk soon! Spring Hill, Florida USA
Thank you from USA.
Excellent video. I too am looking for a system as well.
Best of luck!
Thanks for this informative review. Do all cameras on your Lorex system are capable of two way talk?? THANKS
I live in an apartment, so it makes it harder to install a system, because hard wiring cameras through walls is not an option. I went with a Reolink system that came with a DVR and Poe cameras. I use a combination of wired and Reolink wireless cameras to get the coverage I need. The wireless cameras will link up to the DVR and footage will be recorded on the DVR. The wireless cameras can also record to a micro-SD card so that is an added bonus. I went with a combination of both types of cameras, because I tried an all wi-fi camera system and it tends to bog down the wi-fi. It is now becoming more common for a thief to jamb the wi-fi systems of a house they are breaking into. Unfortunately, I have to use 3 DVRs because I use wired cameras in different areas that I can't connect to one DVR because I can't run wires through the wall. I can connect to all the DVRs at once through the Reolink app so I can monitor all the cameras. I use a 32-inch HD TV next to my regular TV to monitor the cameras. It is interesting to be watching TV, but if something catches my eye on the camera monitor, I can see what is going on. After a while of doing this, you can multitask watching TV and the camera monitor without realizing you are doing it. I also run 2 different routers for wi-fi. I run one router for security and home automation, and a separate router for everything else. If one router dies, I can transfer everything over to one router till I can replace the bad one. The best thing is, it is very reliable and except for a little maintenance I don't spend much time maintaining the system. I clean the camera lens when needed and format the hard drive and micro-SD cards every so often and that's about it.
Great info!
Thanks for watching!
I have the set with 6 4k dome cameras, and co.es with a wifi camera and wifi floodlight camera, both can be added wireless lyle to the nvr via fusion.
I like your review style- straight forward and void of the usual self aggrandizing Youtbe reviewer pomp.
While I concur with your synopsis almost completely, if I understand you correctly however you are unable to integrate a wireless remote cam with your POE system? I have a hard wired Lorex 4k Fusion system (love it!) which does allow this combination and have at times had temporary reason to place a wireless unit at different places on the property . This covers it, with of course all the usual wireless drawbacks.
With the addition of a Lorex LNZ44P12B 2K HD Outoor PTZ IP camera with 12× optical zoom pole mounted centrally on my house I have yet to feel anything needful of noting on the property can escape view and video documentation. And it has the nicety that at least while I am observing things live that lack of zoom quality on the bullet cams is a death knell to capturing necessary evidentiary detail.
And yes, unless/until I find that I need a system that will track and record everything that crosses my property line I too would buy it again because the PITA aspect of running all that wiring faded quickly while the quality nature and my level of confidence in the system has not.
Thanks for that detail review. Video quality is amazing. I am thinking to buy this and install in my House in India. I am just thinking on, will there be any technical issues or what if something not goes right...
They are pretty easy to setup. You connect cameras via a wire into the nvr. They will be detected by nvr and as long as you connect the nvr to your router for internet you will be good to go
I second the wireless add on possibility.
looks like the new fusion line can do it, but older systems nope. Would be nice if they had a dongle or something you could plug in to make it work.
I find this review mostly accurate although I would add one major thing that Lorex is now missing. I bought a lorex system five or six years ago before it was purchased by the Chinese hardware company that was making the cameras. At that point Lorex offered cloud storage of videos for a fee, which was several hundred dollars a year. That was one of the main features that I wanted because if somebody breaks in and smashes your NVR you’re up the creek.
When Lorex was purchased that cloud storage was discontinued. Not only that but the new company didn’t even bother to refund the prepaid fees for the cloud storage for the time that was not used. I don’t mind that they don’t run the storage although that would be better, but they need to engineer into their product the ability to upload files to any of the cloud services on a regular basis. Obviously this needs some criteria but the current back up capability is rudimentary at best.
My experience with Support has also been very different. I would call it a total lack of support, but as I said my purchase was five or six years ago so they may have finally improved that area.
Idk if you'll see this but I was taking a look at their 4K fusion camera system. And after watching LifeHackster's review, the biggest thing holding me back is the ghosting effect at night. I don't even want color video in low light conditions. I just want a crisp B/W image at night. Do you know of a Lorex camera system that does not have a ghosting effect at night? I'm thinking of purchasing 4-6 4K cameras, and 2-4 4/5MP cameras (to place in side yards where the area being recorded is relatively small). Features that I'm going for: 1. Person/vehicle detection. 2. No ghosting at night. 3. Easily review footage, user friendly interface. 4. Thumbnail notifications. 5. Maybe more than 15fps. 6. A good build and customer service.
This pretty much sealed it. Ordering a system now. Thanks a lot!
Great video and very understanding information. Have you gotten different cameras or are you still using these and if so are they still working well ?
Hi still using them and they are working great.
Lorex is no doubt …superior! ! I moved out of a suburb in New York City and needed the BEST
Lores offers 4K motorized vario-focal lense cameras that are incredible.
P.S. - Lorex has come out with many new models just recently, one that allows up to 8 wired AND up to 8 Wi-Fi cameras all on one NVR, plus they revamped their software and it’s so much better!
Hi u got any video of those motorized cameras am actually looking at them to purchase soon
I've had a lorex 8 bullet camra system for about 3 or 4 years now and friends of mine all have different system and I think most of them are buying a lorex system next , I've not had a issue ever with my system .
I have a similar system bought at costco. Eight cams zero problems. I wish they offered LPR cameras to work on this same system. License plate recognition
That would be nice i agree..
You did good not getting Arlo. I had them. They were a pain to recharge when the batteries died. And the system itself wasn't great. Sometimes the cameras would just stop working and I had to reset them. I also could not add any new cameras even though the company said I could. Tech support was useless.
I have Lorex 720P bought about 6 years ago. Well today the power supply for the recorder died on me. First it appears the cpu fan was acting up the after about 2 weeks the whole system died. Checked the voltage coming out from the power supply and it was zero. Replaced it with my trusty RadioShack 5A power supply and works like a charm again. One thing I noticed is video quality is crispier than ever. It could be the RadioShack power supply puts out cleaner DC power.
interesting, glad you got it working again!
Is this a good camera to identify passing cars at night? Does it have. A good night vision?
Hi important question 👋 is it possible to buy a Lorex set of 6 and install let’s say 3 in office and 3 at home on the same DVR? Thanks it would help so much
Hi Rick love the vids help me a lot.
Question : I have to change the hard drive twice because its getting corrupted after few hours of recording. Do you have idea why would this happen? Thx
Great review, if you were to buy a system again right now today July 2022, would you still go with Lorex and which model would you go with? I’m totally with you on the having an ability to have some cameras that are wired and some that are Wi-Fi. Through your research is there any companies out there you would suggest that combine both and are high-quality? That’s where I’m getting hung up at this point. Thanks so much for any and all input
Hey would totally stay with Lorex. Very happy with mine still works great. The Lorex fusion nvr does allow for some wired and wireless so you may want to look at that. Click on the description of the video and I have a few links to promos they have.